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Established: 1903
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Private
Designer: Charles Oswald Liddell; possible Japanese specialist unknown
Commissioned by: Charles Oswald Liddell

Wooden bridge Tea House Lake Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda Crane

Established: 1904
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Japanese firm of landscape architects; Backhouse, under the direction of David Peary
Commissioned by: Colonel James Ogston

River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1904
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Museum
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Alexandre Marcel
Commissioned by: King Leopold II of Belgium

Pagoda

Established: 1904
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Friedrich / Fritz von Hochberg; Joseph Anlauf associated
Commissioned by: Friedrich / Fritz von Hochberg zu Fürstenstein

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake River Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 1907
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Ethel Webb; unnamed Japanese horticulturist,
Commissioned by: Webb family / Ethel Webb

Stone bridge Pavilion River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1907
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: V. M. Gauntlett & Co. / Gauntlett Nurseries; Sir Harry Waechter
Commissioned by: Sir Harry Waechter

Wooden bridge Lake River Lantern Crane

Established: 1908
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Kathleen Lloyd Jones; Achille Duchêne associated with wider garden restoration
Commissioned by: Berthe de Béhague, Marquise de Ganay

Wooden bridge Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

Established: 1908
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: J. J. Sexby / London County Council Parks Department
Commissioned by: London County Council

Pavilion Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1908
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: 8th Viscount Powerscourt and Viscountess Powerscourt
Commissioned by: 8th Viscount Powerscourt and Viscountess Powerscourt

Wooden bridge Pavilion Wooden Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1908
Style: Dry garden, Hybrid / mixed garden, Landscape garden, Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site, Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Taki Handa; Professor Jijo / Jijo Soya Suzuki associated with supervision and later guidance
Commissioned by: Isabella “Ella” Robertson Christie

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Gates Lake River Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1909
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Edward White
Commissioned by: Sir Jeremiah Colman

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake Waterfall Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Marguérite Mary Baroness van Brienen / Lady Daisy
Commissioned by: Marguérite Mary Baroness van Brienen / Lady Daisy

Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Buddha statue

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Lady Jane Furness
Commissioned by: Sir Christopher Furness / Lord and Lady Furness

Wooden bridge Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Tassa / Saburo Eida; Minoru Eida
Commissioned by: Colonel William Hall-Walker, later Lord Wavertree

Wooden bridge Tea House Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Henrietta Bankes; no separate professional designer documented
Commissioned by: Henrietta Bankes

Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Bamboo Fences Gates Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Waterer’s, reputedly; William “Willie” Dawes and Jeanie Dawes associated with the wider garden layout
Commissioned by: William “Willie” Dawes and Jeanie Dawes / Dawes family

Stone bridge Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Hylton Philipson, in collaboration with Edward White
Commissioned by: Hylton Philipson

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake River Waterfall Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1910
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Alan de Tatton Egerton; Japanese workmen / craftsmen
Commissioned by: Alan de Tatton Egerton, 3rd Baron Egerton of Tatton

Stone bridge Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Hedges Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Shrine Lantern Pagoda Crane

Established: 1911
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Harold Ainsworth Peto
Commissioned by: Hon. Louis Greville

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Tea House River Vertical Stone Lantern

Established: 1912
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown; developed under professional guidance; later with Japanese gardeners / Japanese garden specialists
Commissioned by: Carl Duisberg / Farbenfabrik Friedrich Bayer & Co.

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Earth bridge House Wooden Fences Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Shrine Lantern Pagoda Crane

Established: 1912
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Harry W. Smith; G. W. Alderson for the 1929 cascade and pagoda
Commissioned by: Scarborough Borough Council

Wooden bridge Pagoda Lake Waterfall Lantern

Established: 1913
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Schönbrunn palace gardeners; Japanese experts involved in the late-1990s restoration
Commissioned by: Schönbrunn Palace / Imperial palace garden administration

Pavilion Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gates Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1913
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Mankichi Arai; Joseph Anlauf associated with the work
Commissioned by: Count Fritz / Friedrich von Hochberg

Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House House Gates Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1914
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Zoo / arboretum
Access: Public
Designer: Friedrich Ries / Karlsruhe Gartenbauamt
Commissioned by: City of Karlsruhe / municipal garden administration

Stone bridge Pavilion Tea House Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Shrine Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1919
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Lionel de Rothschild; later Rothschild family and Exbury Gardens horticultural team
Commissioned by: Lionel Nathan de Rothschild

Wooden bridge River

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